AP - Jon Sim, Jozef Stumpel and Joe Nieuwendyk scored goals and Roberto Luongo made 28 saves to lead Florida to its first four-game winning streak of the season with a 3-2 victory over Washington on Wednesday night.

AP - John Torchetti picked up his ringing phone and was offered a job that got him off his couch — coach of the Los Angeles Kings.

AP - Democratic Gov. Rod Blagojevich easily won his primary despite being potentially vulnerable amid corruption allegations, and Republican state Treasurer Judy Baar Topinka earned a shot to defeat him in the fall.

AP - Tammy Duckworth, a former Army helicopter pilot who lost both legs in a grenade attack in Iraq, is now leading the charge for the Fighting Democrats.

AP - Las Vegas Motor Speedway is upping the ante on a proven winner by redesigning its tri-oval, hoping to make races more exciting for fans and more competitive for drivers.

AP - Raging violence along the rugged Pakistan-Afghan border has sent relations between the two countries to new lows and underscored U.S. difficulties in containing a troubled region crucial to winning the war on terror.

AP - Afghan security forces attacked a group of suspected Taliban rebels after they crossed the border from neighboring Pakistan, killing at least 15 of them, an army commander said Wednesday.

AFP - Samaresh Jung of India moved closer to a record seven gold medals at the Commonwealth Games by winning the fifth title at the shooting ranges here.

AP - Jim Slater scored in the fourth extra shootout session Tuesday night, lifting the Atlanta Thrashers to a 5-4 victory over the sliding Boston Bruins.

AP - The argument is the same every spring. The Players Championship has a great golf course that the U.S. television audience knows as well as any. The field is considered the strongest and deepest of the year, one that is not bogged down by amateur hopefuls, club pros or Charles Coody. The TPC at Sawgrass delivers drama like few other stages in golf.

AP - The Players Championship is the kind of week that makes J.B. Holmes realize how quickly his life has changed.

AP - Few would have been surprised if Jeff Burton needed directions to Victory Lane.

AP - The argument is the same every spring. The Players Championship has a great golf course that the U.S. television audience knows as well as any. The field is considered the strongest and deepest of the year, one that is not bogged down by amateur hopefuls, club pros or Charles Coody. The TPC at Sawgrass delivers drama like few other stages in golf.

AFP - Wales captain Gareth Thomas has insisted the new national team coach must stay true to the attacking game that saw the side secure a Six Nations Grand Slam last season.

AP - Winning is no surprise to these Clippers.

AP - Samuel Pahlsson scored the tiebreaking goal with 3:15 remaining and the Anaheim Mighty Ducks ended Dallas' eight-game home winning steak with a 2-1 victory over the Stars on Monday night.

AP - Olli Jokinen scored on a breakaway with 1:44 left in overtime, lifting the Florida Panthers to a 6-5 victory over the Tampa Bay Lightning on Monday night.

AP - A producer of the Academy Award-winning movie "Chicago" filed a $10 million lawsuit Monday against Miramax Films Corp., accusing it of failing to his company its share of hundred of millions of dollars the movie earned.

AP - Kasey Kahne showed early signs of being a championship contender by winning at Atlanta Motor Speedway on Monday while Bill Lester finished way back in becoming the first black driver to race in NASCAR's top series since 1986.

Opposition supporters filled the central square of Belarus' capital Minsk late Sunday after election results showed longtime President Alexander Lukashenko winning re-election by an overwhelming margin.